Amalda Adams and Adams 1853 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae

Parent taxon: Ancillariinae according to J. M. Pacaud et al. 2013

See also Darragh 2017, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Bearizia, Eburna, Micrancilla, Spirancilla

Subtaxa: Amalda (Alcospira) Amalda (Alocospira) Amalda (Baryspira) Amalda (Gracilispira) Amalda arenaria Amalda atrebatum Amalda bellovaciana Amalda beneharniana Amalda custodiensis Amalda glandiformis Amalda obsoleta Amalda pusagnensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Japan (2), New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Japan (5), New Zealand (4), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (3)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (2), Belgium (4), Brazil (1), France (4), Germany (28), Greece (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (13), Japan (6), New Zealand (17), Poland (1), Romania (4), Slovakia (3), South Africa (1), Turkey (5)

• Oligocene of France (2), Greece (1), New Zealand (15), Turkey (1)

• Eocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (2), France (60), Italy (2), New Zealand (9), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 212 collections including 259 occurrences

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